Metcalfe, James Garrison Jr.,
of Louisville, KY, passed away peacefully in his sleep at the Episcopal Church Home early Tuesday morning after a long illness. He was 84 years old.
Jim graduated from Choate Hall and Princeton University, then went on to serve in the US Army. A former Senior Vice President at Citizens Fidelity Bank, then PNC Bank, he was a senior loan officer for many years. On retiring, Jim spent many happy hours boating on the Ohio River, in Florida and in the Bahamas.
Jim proudly served on the boards of the Kentucky Dance Council, United Cerebral Palsy and Kids Center. He was a member of the Louisville Country Club and St. Matthews Episcopal Church.
Jim Metcalfe was preceded in death by his father, James Garrison Metcalfe, Sr. of Louisville; mother, Carolyn Keith (Roseberry) Metcalfe of Paris, KY and brother, Edward Sandford Metcalfe of Knoxville, TN.
He is survived by two daughters, Carolyn (Lane) Metcalfe Dusserre, (Olivier) of Paris, France and Jane Garrison Metcalfe (Louis Rossetto), of Berkeley, CA; and five grandchildren: Oriane Dusserre, Franklin Dusserre, Hugo Dusserre, Orson Metcalfe Rossetto and Zoe Rossetto Metcalfe.
The visitation will be held at St. Matthews Episcopal Church in Louisville at 9 a.m. Monday July 27, 2015 followed by a funeral service at 10 a.m. The internment will take place at 2:30 p.m. at the Paris Cemetery, in Paris, KY.
The family has requested that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to Kids Center or Wellspring of Louisville, KY.
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Jim was a good friend to me and my Father. He will be missed.
Sincerely,
John Van Bibber Jr
July 26, 2015
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